Hilary McDermott
Lecturer
Contact details
Room: U.2.17a
Phone: +44 (0)1509 223098
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223940
Email: H.J.McDermott@lboro.ac.uk
Research Interests
My research interests are in health and well-being with a strong emphasis on injury prevention and the interactive processes leading to injury. Specifically, my work focuses on occupational health and safety, health and safety legislation, work and health, and general safety related knowledge and behaviour.
Current research
The development of work-related injury and ill-health among mountain instructors operating within the UK.
New dynamics of later-life working, funded under the Cross Research Council’s New Dynamics of Ageing Programme. www.workinglate.org
Selected publications
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McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2010). Occupant Interactions with Self-Closing Fire Doors In Private Dwellings. Safety Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2010.05.007
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McDermott, H.J., Munir, F., Kazi, A. & Haslam, C.O. (2010). Developing Occupational Health Services for Active Age Management: A Review. Occupational Medicine, 60, 193-204.
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Munir, F., Yarker, J. & McDermott, H. (2009). Employment and the common cancers; Correlates of workability during or following cancer. Occupational Medicine, 59, 381-389.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2007). The interaction between design and occupier behaviour in the safety of new homes. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 39: 258-266.
- Haslam, C.O., Clemes, S.A., McDermott, H.J., Shaw, K., Williams, C.A. & Haslam, R.A. (2007). Manual handling training: Investigation of current practices and development of guidelines. Research Report 583. Health and Safety Executive.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2007). Reducing the potential for injury in the home. How can Ergonomics Help? In: Contemporary Ergonomics 2007, (Edited by P.D. Bust), Taylor and Francis: London, The Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2007, Nottingham, UK.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A.& Gibb, A.G. (2006). Designed by architects, driven by government, lived in by the rest of us. African Safety Promotion, 4: 26-36.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2007). Reducing the potential for injury in the home. How can Ergonomics Help? In: Contemporary Ergonomics 2007, (Edited by P.D. Bust), Taylor and Francis: London, The Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2007, Nottingham, UK.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2006). Designed by architects, driven by government, lived in by the rest of us. In: Proceeding of the 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, ICC, Durban, South Africa, 2 – 5 April 2006.
- McDermott, H.J., Haslam, R.A. & Gibb, A.G. (2006). The contribution of dwelling design in accident prevention. In: Proceedings of the 16th Triennial Congress, International Ergonomics Association, Maastricht, Netherlands, July 9 – 14.
Conference Paper
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McDermott, H.J., Haslam, C.O., Clemes, S., Williams, C.A. & Haslam R.A. (2009). Manual Handling Training; An Investigation of Current Practice. In: Proceedings of the 17th Triennial Congress, International Ergonomics Association, Beijing, China, August 8 – 12.
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
- Journal Referee
- Applied Ergonomics
- Learned Societies and Professional Affiliations
- Associate member of the Ergonomics Society
- Invited Lecture / Keynotes
- Invited speaker. RoSPA Home Safety Congress (2004) ‘Design, Usability and Unsafe Behaviour in the Home’
- Collaborative Research
- MENTOR-VIP: a global mentoring programme for violence and injury prevention and control established by the World Health Organization (WHO). Danielle St. Laurent, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec. (2008 – 2009).
- Stair Safety Research – Delphi Group. ‘An exclusion model for stair descent’ with Hamish Maclennan, Salford University.
- Other Evidence of Esteem
- Sir Robert Martin Faculty (Science) Prize (Loughborough University) 2003
- Awarded mentorship with World Health Organisation (WHO) 2008